http://bmctoday.net/citoday/ The latest news stories from Cardiac Interventions Today. en-us Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:55:31 GMT Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:55:31 GMT BMCToday http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=chief-medical-editors-page-primary-pci-for-stemi Interventional therapy for STEMI is one of the great success stories in cardiology and in all of medicine. Not only have clear reductions in mortality been demonstrated using PCI approaches to reperfusion, but we have also come to expect short... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=chief-medical-editors-page-primary-pci-for-stemi http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=pfo-closure-to-prevent-stroke Cryptogenic stroke (CS) represents up to 40% of all ischemic strokes.1 It is a diagnosis by exclusion, based on thorough investigation of other established causes of stroke.2 Patent foramen ovale (PFO) is a remnant of the... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=pfo-closure-to-prevent-stroke http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=the-transradial-approach For more than 40 years, the femoral approach has been the dominant method of vascular access for diagnostic and interventional procedures in the United States.1 Brachial artery cannulation, the original access point for coronary pro... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=the-transradial-approach http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=guidelines-for-stemi The in-hospital management of ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) has evolved significantly during the last decade, with particular emphasis on primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) as the preferred treatment strategy when f... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=guidelines-for-stemi http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=optimizing-door-to-balloon-time It is now widely recognized that the main goal in treating ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is to restore perfusion in the affected coronary artery in less than 90 minutes to minimize the total ischemic time. The 1999 American Colleg... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=optimizing-door-to-balloon-time http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=managing-transport-for-primary-pci Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred reperfusion strategy for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In a meta-analysis of 23 randomized trials including 7,739 patients, primary PCI, as compared with f... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=managing-transport-for-primary-pci http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=radial-access-for-primary-pci Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been shown to be more effective than thrombolytic therapy for treating ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). In terms of death, reinfarction, and stroke, bleeding remains just ... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=radial-access-for-primary-pci http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=hemodynamic-support-for-pci-in-ami Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) that can be performed within 90 minutes of first contact now has a class I, level A indication according to current American College of Cardiology/American H... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=hemodynamic-support-for-pci-in-ami http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=fibrinolytic-therapy-for-stemi The role of fibrinolytic therapy as a sole means of reperfusion in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is becoming increasingly limited, whereas the roles played by primary and facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), espe... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=fibrinolytic-therapy-for-stemi http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=pci-strategies-after-fibrinolytic-therapy Survival in patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) depends on early, complete, and sustained reperfusion of the infarct-related artery.1-3 Pharmacological therapy with the use of fibrinolytic age... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=pci-strategies-after-fibrinolytic-therapy http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=us-innovations PiggyBack Wire Converter Vascular Solutions, Inc. (Minneapolis, MN) announced the availability of its new PiggyBack wire converter, a unique device designed for peripheral interventional procedures when both a 0.014- a... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=us-innovations http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=an-interview-with-jason-h-rogers-md What can you tell us about your facility and practice at UC Davis Health System? For the past 6 years, I have worked at the University of California, Davis Medical Center, which is a 613-bed, tertiary- care teaching hos... Tue, 2 Feb 2010 04:00:00 GMT http://bmctoday.net/citoday/2010/02/article.asp?f=an-interview-with-jason-h-rogers-md